Whats the best weapon for a fighter type character?

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:16 pm

hey people, just curious, in your opinion what is the best , weapon for a fighter or a fighter type char, im talkin about SOA here, I have no TOB at the moment, so dont include any TOB weapons

thanks

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:48 pm

Well what is the exact class of you character. Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Barbarian, or a kit. Answer this ant then I'll be able to help to.

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:51 pm

I was thinking more of berserker or kensai type of char

thanks

ps: maybe dual wielding celestial fury and Foa?

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 9:04 pm

@Warrior -- make sure to get ToB, you will not regret it.

There have been countless posts discussing best weapons, so try some searching.

With regards to dual-wielding, here's a post from my bookmarks (from ToB forum, but it's still relevant I think):

http://gamebanshee.com/forums/showthrea ... adid=18208

In SoA, you can't go wrong dual wielding Celestial Fury and the Crom Faeyr (sp?), IMHO.

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 9:05 pm

I'll speak from a RP standpoint. For a Berserker I'd go with Hammers/Axes. This gives you Hammer of Thunderbolts->Crom Faeyr and Frostreaver/Stonefire. For a Kensai I'd go with Celestial Fury with either Belm or Kundane in the off hand for an extra attack per round. Personally I don't see why people use Kensais and I think Berserkers are just a more colorful kit. A Berserker with Staff of Rynn and Single Weapon Style would also be pretty cool.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 2:51 am

butter knife of balduran, of course....

but the item upgrade mod puts out some sweet weapons....

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 6:14 am

I would say: Longsword\Shield or Two Handed Sword.
There are MANY mighty of both.

Btw, if youre a Paladin I would choose Two Handed Sword.

serjeLeBlade · Post by **serjeLeBlade** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:28 am

Pitchwife +5 (from the item upgrade mod) is the best weapon I know of if your goal is to kill things

It's +5, does elemental (well, acid) damage, plus hard round-to-round damage (spikes). Some of it will hit almost anything.

Without mods, double wielding CF and Flail of the ages is very good. Swap one of these for the Equalizer if you want the Mind Shield or if you know that your opponents are chaotic, evil etc.

Depending on who is in my party, I sometimes consider not to do the Crom Faeyr at all to give the belt and gauntlets to NPCs that actually need them
(I mean, nobody actually needs to have 25 str)

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:52 am

Originally posted by UserUnfriendly
butter knife of balduran, of course....

What is that item used for? I never figured it out

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:58 am

Originally posted by garazdawi
What is that item used for? I never figured it out

Isn't it something from ToSc? I THINK I found it there. It says something about that it's his most priced possesion, and that he got it from his mother, or was it grandmother?......

kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:31 am

It was his mother, on his 18th birthday.

Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:42 am

One-handed non-modded SoA only: Crom.

Two-handed non-moded SoA only: Silver Sword (non-Paladin) or Carsomyr (Paladin).

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:22 pm

does crom faeyr give you base 25 str? so say if i rage with a barb, ill have 29 strength?

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:27 pm

wow I just looked at the list of the weapons you get in tob, and damn heh they even got some awesome axes, axe of unyielding for example, you can only get these weapons in tob right? not soa, i mean If i do get tob installed does it update and add new quests and weapons?

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:51 pm

so what, give him 5 stars in axes first? heh I really like Foa, the upgraded one especially, you can upgrade foa in tob even if you already made it in soa right?

ForgotenWarrior · Post by **ForgotenWarrior** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 4:20 pm

uhhh ok new problem, when I make a berserker(this has never happened before) and when I try to rage, it updates the armor class like it should but i dont get the +2 hit and +2 damage

anyone ever had this happen?

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:12 pm

Originally posted by serjeLeBlade
(I mean, nobody actually needs to have 25 str)

But it **really** helps. You're really going to be hitting things more easily and doing more damage (with your other weapon too).

The Crom is an extremely powerful weapon IMHO.

Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 2:07 am

Originally posted by ForgotenWarrior
does crom faeyr give you base 25 str? so say if i rage with a barb, ill have 29 strength?

No, 25 str is the maximum you can have in AD&D 2nd edition. It gives +7 to hit and +14 damage ... which is pretty much.